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E. W. FOSTER.

GAME.

APPLlCATION men APR. 14. 1914.

1,16%394, Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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EDWIN W. FOSTER, OF CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK.

GAME.

1,1 7 394) Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jam, 311 1916Application filed April 1 1, 1914:. Serial No. 831,728.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWIN l V. FOSTER, a resident of Central Park, inthe county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is aspecification.

lily invention relates to game boards, on which games like checkers orchess may be played and on which certain rows of the pieces used in thegame may be moved bodily at will.

The object of my invention is the provision of a game board on which therelative positions of alternate lines of pieces may be variedindependently of the ordinary moves of the game. I attain this object bythe device shown in one form in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan View or" one half of my improved board. Fig. 2 is aview similar to Fig. l of the other half of the board. Fig. 3 is a planview showing the parts arranged to form the ordinary checker board. Fig.4 is a plan view showing one or the positions into which the parts maybe separated during the progress 01"- the game, and Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 4 of another position.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I prefer to separate a gameboard such as a checker board into two similar sections 1 and 2, (Figs.1 and 2). Each of said sections comprises a. series of rows arrangedtransversely of the board and preferably four in number, said rows beingdivided. into squares 4, the alternate squares being coloredcontrastingly as in the ordinary board. The spaces between rows 3 ofsection 1 are made just wide enough to allow rows 3 of section 2 toslidably fit said spaces, section 2 being made similar to section 1. Theconnecting portion 6 of the sections serves to hold rows 3 in the properspaced relation, said portion 6 being shown integral with said rows 3,though it is obvious that the portions 6 may be made of separate piecessuitably joined to rows 3 without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

It is intended that during the progress of the game, sections 1 and 2 beseparated at various times by a distance equal to the width of one ormore squares, thereby mov- Gooics of this patent may be obtained for ingthe sections and the pieces carried thereby relatively to each other.

Various rules for the movement of the sections may be decided upon formaking the game played on my improved board more varied and interestingthan that played on the ordinary board. lnone form of game, sections 1and 2 may be moved transversely from each other a distance equal to thewidth of two squares, leaving spaces temporarily at the opposite ends ofalternate lines, but not interfering with the use of all the blacksquares, since the first square at the upper left hand corner is blackinstead of white as in the ordinary checker board, the separation andbringing together of the sections taking place alternately after eachplayer has made a move. In this form of the game, each player plays on aboard differing from that of his opponent in the relative positions ofthe squares and or the pieces, and the player has therefore to imaginethe movable section moved to form his opponents board in order toforesee the consequences of his move.

What I claim is:

1. in a sectional game board, a section comprising a series of rows ofsquares, said. rows being spaced apart to allow the rows of a similarsection to slidably fit therein.

A sectional game board comprising two sections, each of said sectionshaving four rows of squares arranged in suitable spaced relation toallow said sections to mutually interlock, said sections beingrelatively movable longitudinally of said rows.

8. In a sectional game board, two series of alternate rows of squaresrelatively movable longitudinally, and means for holding said alternaterows in suitable spaced relation.

4. A. sectional game board comprising two sections, each of saidsections having four rows of eight squares in each row, means forretaining said rows in suitable lateral spaced relation to allow saidsections to mutually interlock, said sections being movable relativelylongitudinally of said rows.

EDlVlN WV. FOSTER.

Witnesses STEPHEN J. MADDEN, MABEL A. MADDEN.

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